Taming the Mob: the Early Public Library and the Creation of Good Citizens

The article examines the principles upon which the public library operated in the 19th and early 20th Century. Gilles Deleuze’s philosophic work on the disciplinary and control societies is used as a theoretical framework to highlight the forms of governance that have been used in the last couple ce...

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Main Author:	Natasha Gerolami
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The Partnership 2018-05-01
Series:	Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research
Subjects:	philosophy of libraries Gilles Deleuze discourse analysis history of public libraries disciplinary society
Online Access:	https://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/3985

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spelling	doaj-119505ab248442eb808de92fe6e974232020-11-24T22:49:02ZengThe PartnershipPartnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research1911-95932018-05-0113110.21083/partnership.v13i1.39853985Taming the Mob: the Early Public Library and the Creation of Good CitizensNatasha Gerolami0Huntington UniversityThe article examines the principles upon which the public library operated in the 19th and early 20th Century. Gilles Deleuze’s philosophic work on the disciplinary and control societies is used as a theoretical framework to highlight the forms of governance that have been used in the last couple centuries. A discourse analysis is conducted of sample articles from the first forty years of the Library Journal. The article documents how librarians played a role in normalizing patron behaviour by associating the concept of the good citizen with a series of practices, including reading, abstention from the consumption of alcohol, homogeneity, order, acceptance of class status, and self-reliance.https://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/3985philosophy of librariesphilosophy of librariesGilles DeleuzeGilles Deleuzediscourse analysisdiscourse analysishistory of public librarieshistory of public librariesdisciplinary societydisciplinary society
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title	Taming the Mob: the Early Public Library and the Creation of Good Citizens
title_short	Taming the Mob: the Early Public Library and the Creation of Good Citizens
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description	The article examines the principles upon which the public library operated in the 19th and early 20th Century. Gilles Deleuze’s philosophic work on the disciplinary and control societies is used as a theoretical framework to highlight the forms of governance that have been used in the last couple centuries. A discourse analysis is conducted of sample articles from the first forty years of the Library Journal. The article documents how librarians played a role in normalizing patron behaviour by associating the concept of the good citizen with a series of practices, including reading, abstention from the consumption of alcohol, homogeneity, order, acceptance of class status, and self-reliance.
topic	philosophy of libraries philosophy of libraries Gilles Deleuze Gilles Deleuze discourse analysis discourse analysis history of public libraries history of public libraries disciplinary society disciplinary society
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Taming the Mob: the Early Public Library and the Creation of Good Citizens

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